GRH0627 - Nursing Aide - Savannah, GA - 13 Weeks Contract Sigma healthcare team is currently looking for Nursing Aide who will work onsite in our client's location in Savannah, GA.
Shift: 11:00 PM - 07:00 AM
Responsibilities & Duties: - Assist with daily living activities. This includes delivering meals to patients, turning and ambulating patients and providing plenty of fresh water, as well as extra nourishment between meals.
- Help patients with personal hygiene. Provide patients with bedpans, help with baths, shampoos and showers.
- Provide adjunct care for the patient, including ice packs, non-sterile dressings and therapeutic baths.
- Check vital signs and record daily information in the patient's chart.
- Assist the nurses and other staff as needed.
- Adhere to professional standards, follow policies and procedures and abide by federal, state and local requirements, as well as Joint Commission standards.
Qualifications and Skills: - High School diploma, work experience, valid ID Would like some with a CNA type of background: no need for license.
- Will be exposed to patients that may have COVID or work on units with COVID Patients.
- MAKE SURE YOUR CLINICIAN IS AWARE.
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and to handle multiple tasks safely and effectively.
- Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate sensitive information with empathy ( "bedside manner)
- High tolerance for working under pressure and handling critical situations with a cool head.